What is the longest commute you would consider

05-03-2014 09:19PM #1

Recently I came across some one doing a commute form NI to work in Dublin the journey is over two hours each way, they do it because the salary for their profession is paid a lot less in NI, so they think its is worth it.

I don't think any money is worth that sort of commute and then their is the cost of the fuel and the millage you would be putting on your car.

shruikan2553 · 05-03-2014 09:23PM

30 mins. Could maybe do up to a hour but there would have to be good reason for me to not move closer or a lot of money.

Banjo String · 05-03-2014 09:25PM

Pretty sure that two hour commute is a piece of píss compared to the employees of the international space station.

krudler · 05-03-2014 09:26PM

My current one is 20 mins or so door to door, have it down to the minute at this rate

Sir Arthur Daley · 05-03-2014 09:27PM

Back in the day of the Concorde i used to commute 8 hours a day, i remember it well it used fly so fast that i could have breakfast in London and then fly to New York in time for a Macdonalds Macmuffin.

Boskowski · 05-03-2014 09:28PM

I used to do 45 mins each way daily and I found that hard going over time. 45 mins would be my limit I think.
I know people put up with longer commutes than that and I suppose if I was really struggling for a job I would, too. But anything around 1 hour or more is seriously affecting quality of life. That's a full extra shift per week sitting in your car

Right now I'm doing 20 minutes each way, on a good day 15. Thats fine.

iMac_Hunt · 05-03-2014 09:28PM

The most I would commute is half hour. The work day and work week is long enough without having 20 hours driving on top of it.

The Backwards Man · 05-03-2014 09:29PM

When I was a pup just out of school, north Donegal to Dundalk, up and down every day. Leave home at 5.45 am, start work at 8.30 (laying 2x2 pavers on a roof) leave at 5pm (3 on a Friday) and be home before 8.

Used to deliver salmon to the market in Dublin from Donegal as well. No motorways in those days, four and a half hour down the road, lug 440 fishboxes across a concrete floor, four and a half hours back up the road stinking of fish.

05-03-2014 09:29PM

Currently leave the house 2 hours and 15 minutes before my first lecture, bit of a pain. If I was working an hour would be the absolute limit on driving and it'd have to be consistent.

RichT · 05-03-2014 09:29PM

mariaalice wrote: »

Waht the longest commute you would consider

I'd like to commute the 'h' in front of the 't' in the OP and if we're feeling frisky add an apostrophe and an 's'

Skill Magill · 05-03-2014 09:30PM

must be commuting on foot to do that in 2 hrs

wp_rathead · 05-03-2014 09:31PM

Hour and a half some days and 40 mins other days

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 05-03-2014 09:32PM

Anything within an hour is fine. Any further and it might be cheaper to rent a room in a house share.

Renegade Mechanic · 05-03-2014 09:34PM

I could do an hour each way and be grand. Ive done much more before but its a bit of a pain in the hole tbh at a half hour at the moment. Happy at that.

Semele · 05-03-2014 09:35PM

I was doing an hour and a half for 6 months on my last placement, dreary motorways for most of it and then ages wedged in rush hour traffic in Bolton. Fine now and again but I got to the point where I'd dread the thought of going home because of having to face the journey again and wanted to hide under my desk and cry instead. I used to do the same length in London to get across the city some days but that always seemed to go faster for some reason.

Sir Arthur Daley · 05-03-2014 09:35PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

(laying 2x2 pavers on a roof)

lug 440 fishboxes across a concrete floor,

No manual handling regulations in those days.

Cookie_Monster · 05-03-2014 09:36PM

not more than 30 minutes door to door. Current commute is about 7 minutes in and 12 home.

Banjo String wrote: »

Pretty sure that two hour commute is a piece of píss compared to the employees of the international space station.

a couple of hours ever few months and otherwise working from 'home', sounds ideal to me.

The One Doctor · 05-03-2014 09:36PM

Banjo String wrote: »

Pretty sure that two hour commute is a piece of píss compared to the employees of the international space station.

It only takes 9 minutes to get into orbit, the rest is just waiting for the ISS to catch up.

05-03-2014 09:39PM

Does China count?
Presently working 4 weeks on/4 weeks off in China. 2 hours to airport, 2 flights, 2 ferries then an hour or so on a helicopter.
Commute of sorts.

The Backwards Man · 05-03-2014 09:39PM

WikiHow wrote: »

No manual handling regulations in those days.

True. Kept us fit though.

Fr_Dougal · 05-03-2014 09:45PM

Used to do 1 1/4 to work and 1 1/2 to 2hr home, was a killer, up at 5.30am and not home 'til 6.30-7pm. Only takes 10-15min to work now and 20min home, really looking forward to the stretch in the evenings.

orangesoda · 05-03-2014 09:58PM

2 hours isn't overly strange, many people have an hour and a half journey from belfast to derry. My max would be an hour, belfast and derry city are both within 50 mins of me

Rasheed · 05-03-2014 10:00PM

I'd rather drive for an hour than sit in traffic for an hour so distance doesn't make or break it for me.

Used to do 50 mins each way. After fours nights in a row I'd have to drive home with the window open. I can't complain at the moment though, I'm less than a mile from work.

Freddie Dodge · 05-03-2014 10:02PM

Depends on whether driving or sitting in traffic.

I've done from the Beara peninsula to both Cork and Limerick at times and loved driving when most people are sleeping.

I've also spent well over an hour crawling from Kilmainham to Howth at walking pace hating every moment. Dublin is a lovely city to live in, in many ways, but the traffic impinges badly on the experience.

tldr version: City; half hour to forty is ok. Rural location: <2hrs ok for me.

hairyprincess · 05-03-2014 10:04PM

I currently do 45 mins each way, I love driving but realistically, quality of life and cost of fuel, my limit would be an hour. Unfortunately life in rural Ireland means long commutes for a lot of people.

mickstupp · 05-03-2014 10:10PM

On a good day mine takes two hours each way.
Which is better than it used to be... but still crap.

I'd love to be within walking distance.

05-03-2014 10:34PM

It would depend on where I was living. I'd be willing to commute much further if it meant being able to live back at or near my home house compared to how far id be willing to commute if living away from it.

It would also depend on if it's driving or other means of transport, id tolerate a much longer commute in the car than a long walk or having to get a bus.